Agreed. I actually liked the elevator talk in Mass Effect and thought it was a huge loss when they decided to give static screens with generic information about Reapers or using fire attacks on shields or something.

That would be pretty awesome. It's a pretty frequent failing of games to make the player nearly super-powered and lack an equal foe. In fact, I'm having a really hard time remembering the last game I played that had a legitimate "villain."

I loved Ezio. He was driven by revenge, yes, but so many characters are. His family was betrayed and murdered and he was brought in by his uncle who put a sword in his hand and trained him to fight. What else was he supposed to do? Other than that, he was the most charismatic of the characters and was a crafty Italian…

But just as often as I’d find myself gleefully sailing the ocean blue, I’d be churning through the same menial Assassin’s Creed tasks I’ve churned through dozens of times before. Where lies the heart of this series? After six years and seven games, are we any closer to something resembling a destination? And is that…

My assumption is yes, but does it load choices from old save files? With as buggy as the last one was, I'm sort of hoping I can just start fresh on a different platform.

I played on Mac. It was semi-buggy. It wouldn't load my saves properly, but I could start a new game every time and pick up exactly where the save was with all of the decisions I made. I had no idea how that made sense, but I was happy for the work-around. I just hope I can play season two with the right saves...

Oh man I can't wait until 2016 when it finally seems like a good idea to buy a new console.

So one thing I haven't heard yet is how the city itself works. In AC, the city was basically just one humongous prison with nothing but inmates. That hasn't happened yet for this game though, so are there actually civilians wandering around or is it similar where just about everyone you come across is a thug? And how…

Ah yes, the console launch. I remember those days. I was fired up as a kid when the PS2 came out and then again when it was time for the 360. All the promises of amazing things to come finally come to a head, you go out and drop all the money you've saved for a new system, maybe even sell your old one to play it, and…

My gamertag is named after my first car. Its nickname, not its model.

Yeah, this dude nose.

No holes to breathe through and no protection on the top/side or back. Just admit they were only ever made to look badass.

No, the scoreboard is used for exactly that stuff. I'm not sure the author has actually been to Busch or seen the Cards play. I'm a lifelong fan, but they're not any different from any other team in baseball, and they're not playing some down-home, old-timey form of the game.

Dammit. This is literally what I've been waiting for for about a year. And now I'm going to have to buy stuff. PS3 with Last of Us for $200. There goes $200 - at least it's a damn good price.

I've never read a Superman comic book because I always thought he just seemed like an uninteresting character. This is what he's for, though. The only concept that makes Supes work is the idea that his powers can't solve every problem.

That exists for just about everyone everywhere, unless you're the boss. Finish your work in 25 hours instead of 40? Oh, let's find something else to fill up your time. Oh, now you're working 50 hours? Better go faster...

I would LOVE that. With the Xbox groupings on your player card like elite/pro/casual, they should just have a group for crotchety old dudes and let us play together. Crotchety old dudes of course meaning 25+.

I always gotta watch the full Nope button one. Love that gif.

Filthy inverters. What you do in your own home is your business, but don't mess with the settings for my controller. I had a friend who would always jump in on a group game, change his settings and then pass his controller around after a match. It was like the plague, I tell you.

Wow yeah. Now I feel like a jerk for even bringing this up. I just thought the linguistic lesson was probably wasted when you're just correcting someone - nobody likes to feel dumb - but it's hardly deserving of your new title either. That's pretty harsh even for an anonymous message board.